Thomas
Jones
Born in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Jones Jr.
and Mary (Repps) Skerme
Brother of
Repps Jones, Elizabeth (Jones) Turpin, Martha (Jones) Osborne, Edward Skerme Jr. [half] and Mary (Skerme) Brodnecks [half]
Husband of
Martha (Tanner) Haskins
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 24
in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia
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Biography
Thomas was a Virginia colonist.
Thomas Jones, son of Thomas and Mary Jones, married Martha Tanner.[1]
Birth
- 1665 Henrico Co., VA
- BET ABT 1665 AND 1688
Marriage
- 1663 Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA
- Wife: Martha Tanner
- Child: Thomas Jones
- Child: Lucretia Jones
- Child: Repps Jones
- Child: Jacob Jones
- 1663 Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA
Land
- On August 9, 1684, in Henrico Co., VA, Thomas Jones and his mother Mary Skerme equally divided the land of Thomas Jones’ deceased. Per the deed, the land lay "upon the river to ye high road commonly called ye Hundres Path." Mary Skerme was to have the tract joining the creek toward William Liggon, and son Thomas Jones the other half toward Edward Stratton.
- On the same day, Thomas Jones sold 100 acres of his portion to his brother Repps Jones. This land, per the deed, lay "at the head northward from the river of my plantation," and was adjacent to William Liggon, Edward Stratton and Thomas Shippy. The deed was signed by Thomas Jones, as well as his wife Martha Jones and mother Mary Skerme.[2]
Death
- 22 JAN 1689: Henrico Co., VA
- before 20 August 1689 Henrico Co., VA
Will
- 22 Jan 1688[/9] : 20 Aug 1689 , Henrico Co., VA[3]
Research Notes
Named in the will of Repps Jones, dated 19 February 1688/9 and probated 1 August 1689[4]
- Philip Turpin and his wife [his sister Elizabeth][4]
- his brother Thomas and his cozen [nephew] Thomas[4]
- Edward Skerme[4]
- sister Mary Skerme[4]
- sister Martha Osbourne[4]
- his mother (but not by name, although he named her his sole executor)[4]
- Witnesses were Martha Stratton and Edward Haskins.[4]
Repps was the witness for Thomas's will, written 22 January 1688/9 (probated 20 August 1689).[5]
The wording of Repps will (or at least the abstract in the RBB Papers) does not indicate whether Thomas was alive when Repps wrote his will, but it seems not. The bequest to the Turpins was "land purchased of my brother Thomas Jones", which was for their lives and then to Thomas's son[4] (Repps' "cozen" - a term used for nieces and nephews at the time).
Detached Profile: I removed Peter Jones-6845 as father and Margaret Wood-3916 as mother. Peter & Margaret (Wood) Jones are known to have had four sons who were living in 1682 (Thomas was not one of them). A son of Lady Jeffries may have been his father. There was also a Thomas Jones of Bermuda Hundred - perhaps he is of this family. See Kathryn Gearhart's website for information. Noland-165 13:38, 24 July 2016 (EDT)
Sources
- ↑ RBB Papers: Jones, Thomas, accessed 7 May 2020.
- ↑ Henrico Co. Bk.1677-1692, p.308.
- ↑ Henrico Co. Bk.1688-1697, p.77.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 RBB Papers: Repps Jones/back of card (accessed 7 March 2023).
- ↑ RBB Papers: Thomas Jones/back of card (accessed 7 March 2023).
See also:
- Biographical Card Files of the R. Bolling Batte (RBB) Papers, Library of Virginia Digital Collections. Part of Batte’s collection of genealogical and historical research consists of more than 30,000 typed and handwritten index cards containing biographical information compiled from original and secondary sources.
- ANCESTRAL FILE: 5S9D-06M
- MyHeritage Family Tree (http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-1/myheritage-family-trees?s=178346832&itemId=248487742-5-16101&action=showRecord) accessed by Varnell-40 06:09, 25 February 2015 (EST)
- "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9Z4T-6N9 : accessed 2015-03-27), entry for Thomas Jones, submitted by ldaiutolo2809541. Accessed by Varnell-40 08:26, 27 March 2015 (EDT).
- U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~0.39%
Joy Shaw
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A412155 [compare], Ancestry member cl3334
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~0.39%
Richard Watson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AZ7930333 [compare], Ancestry member RNWatson
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22 Jan 1688 : 20 Aug 1689 , Henrico Co., VA THOMAS JONES WILL Wife: Martha to have a third of said land reserved to her for life. All the rest of the estate. Son: Thomas Jones, at age 16, all my land in Bermuda Hundred commonly called The Granary, also cattle. Dau: Lucretia Jones, 2 cows and calves, at age 16 or marriage. Presented in court by Martha Haskins, late Martha Jones. Wit: Thomas Jefferson, Repps Jones, Edward Skerme
She m (2) Edward Haskins.